Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried ... nothing is so warming and companionable.
Quotes to Explore
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I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
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I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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Whether it's just walking down the street to try to go to a movie, go to dinner, something like that, there are always a few people that recognize you.
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Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.
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Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.
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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
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You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.
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I'm definitely not up-to-date on the high-tech videogame world.
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When I come home, I'm just Maisie, and everywhere I go, I'm just Maisie!
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows, and broken birdcages. The other half is very Aztec. Neon ikat fabric pillows, vintage books piled up to the ceiling, and shutters from Bali.
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I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.
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When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act.
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Whatever concerns health is of real public interest.
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About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to use, and that the media tried and are still trying to sell us, in order to simplify the world and their work.
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For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.
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Some instinct has told me I need to live in a world that isn't consumed with reading about myself or anyone else or someone's opinion about something. I need to be clear of that. It's just healthier for me. I feel happier.
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I think that I had read so much fiction that the craft itself sort of sank into me. I didn't read any 'how to' books or attend any popular-fiction-writing classes or have a critique group. For many years into my writing, I didn't even know another author. For me, a lot of reading was the best teacher.
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When it comes to my style, I'm a proper Italian woman of the modern age!
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It was that chemistry. And was the fact that he was president part of that chemistry? I don't know. Maybe. Probably. But it was - I was there because there was chemistry. I wasn't there because, oh, this is the president.
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In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried ... nothing is so warming and companionable.
